I'm going to have to say The Rockford Files. Cool car, trashy trailer on a tony peice of real estate, and a hero who was cool even though he got beat up a lot. Plus, the ensemble cast was awesome, and the guest stars were pretty good, too.

First runner up would be Magnum PI. Although I wondered a lot why Magnum's buddies put up with him.

Many years ago we toured the back lot at Universal Studios in FLA. The coyote was sitting out in the sun looking pretty beat up. In actuality it was a POS fiberglass body over something like a VW chassis that was all shiny for the show.

http://en.wikipedia....e_and_McCormickCoyote XThe car that McCormick drove, the Coyote X, was not built from a Manta Montagekit car, itself a replica based on the McLaren M6GT.[1] The original Coyote X was molded, modified and assembled by Mike Fennel. The nose, windshield doors and lower body are faithful representations of the McLaren;[2] the cut down rear deck, however, was a custom component that became a feature on many Montages with damaged or removed rear windows. The most noticeable differences between the Coyotes and Mantas are the wheel wells, roll pan height and shape, and the fact that the Coyote has a one piece front clip that terminates about an inch before and surrounding the windshield.Most of the cars made for the show were molded and assembled by either Mike Fennel or Unique Movie Cars. Like many kit cars of the time, the car uses a chassis from a Volkswagen Beetle and its engine from a Porsche 914.[3] For the second and third seasons, producers used a different Coyote which was based on a De Lorean DMC-12, as Brian Keith had difficulty getting in and out of the original Coyote.[4]The Season 2 and Season 3 Coyote does not resemble the Manta, as the front is larger than the original, making the car resemble a front-engined car. A Season 1 car that was used in the production of Hardcastle and McCormick is owned by a private owner in southern New Jersey.[citation needed] The stunt car was reconfigured for the Knight Rider 2000television pilot, then consequently turned into Jay Ohrberg's show car "Taz-Mobile".[citation needed] In April 2011, the car was sold and shipped to Texas where it will be re-bodied back to its Coyote configuration, retaining as many of the original Coyote pieces as possible.[citation needed] A Season 2 car appeared briefly on the sixth episode of Season 5 of the sitcomMarried... with Children.

I'm going to have to say The Rockford Files. Cool car, trashy trailer on a tony peice of real estate, and a hero who was cool even though he got beat up a lot. Plus, the ensemble cast was awesome, and the guest stars were pretty good, too.

My folks had the books, which were set in an earlier time period. I'm not a big cop drama guy, but I read a couple of those as they take place in the Boston area and I am familiar with some of the locales.

My favorite is Psych. The plots are predictable and the few action sequences are corny, but I love Shawn and Gus' repartee. Plus I haven't heard of most of the ones you guys mentioned because I'm in my twenties...and what's an answering machine? Is that like Google Sucks Voice?